I-O DATA is releasing 3 models (2TB, 3TB and 4TB) of DTCP+ compliant network-attached storage – “RECBOX HVL-AT” – in late June. If you have a “RECBOX HVL-AT”, with your smartphone or PC, you can watc[...]

ASUSTOR will be attending Computex 2013 and exhibiting a brand new series of NAS devices featuring the latest Intel® Atom™ processor along with its new-look ADM 2.0 operating system and 2 new mobile apps, AiData and AiMaster. ASUSTOR s[...]

Introduction It had been a while since we last received a QNAP product to be reviewed. As it happens, last week the gods favored us and brought in one of QNAP’s recent additions in their 4-bay SOHO/SMB NAS segment: The TS-469L. The TS-[...]

Buffalo’s new simultaneous dual band 450Mps router will be released in mid-March. Maximum speed (up to 450Mbps) for ultra-fast wireless transfer rates give you a trouble-free internet connection even when multiple devices are run[...]

Introduction This year at Computex, we got pulled into the booth of ASUSTOR by one of our contacts that used to work for QNAP, telling us their new products would be worth the time spent. And so we did, ended up devoting quite some tim[...]

Introduction A couple of weeks ago we got our hands on Synology’s latest product in the home user/SOHO segment: the DS413. This particular unit shares a lot of its design and internal structure with its more networking-potent big broth[...]

Introduction One of the first devices to draw our attention at this year’s Computex event was this particular NAS unit. Generally speaking, Shuttle had a lovely booth and this KD20 was one of the central pillars to draw a crowd. Obviou[...]

Built from a harmonious combination of solid aluminium and brilliant white plastic, the Shuttle OMNINAS KD20 acts as a central storage unit for all types of data. Its design was specifically created to blend easily into existing home a[...]

Introduction Both QNAP and Synology provided us with a unit from their high-end SMB NAS lineup. In this review we will be comparing both units both on hardware performance as software functionality. Synology’s key features: 205.68 MB/s[...]

Torne, Sony’s digital TV tuner is now becoming a fully capable, but limited to Sony’s will, NAS thanks to the addition of a 500GB HDD. Thanks to Nasne, you will now be able to record TV shows directly into your torne or Nasne instead o[...]

I’ve been looking for something similar for quite sometime now behold the TVPlug an all in one WiFi Router Media Center! Behind this stylish WiFi MIMO router, hides a fully capable media center solution. Indeed not only the TVPlug will[...]

Here at AkibaNews, we’re big fans of Synology products. They are reliable, easy configurable, very affordable, ECO friendly,… and the list goes on. So we had to visit they booth at least 2 days in a row just to be sure we [...]

Synology recently launced a new model in their business class network attached storage division, namely the 2-bay DS712+. Over the last week we took the time to play around a bit with this particular model and let you know how it handl[...]

QNAP announced yesterday the availability of its latest v3.5 firmware for its Turbo NAS series… Among the noteworthy upgrade we have Mac OS X Lion, Antivirus, Windows Live Messenger Notifications and enhanced MyCloudNAS Service. New &a[...]

Sony has introduced today the ESSP-2000, a new business grade Lithium-Ion storage battery or UPS designed for small data center, or server farm. The ESSP-2000 is design to give you at least ten years of optimal performances while being[...]

With an availability schedule as early at July, the TS-8VH24TL/R6 is Buffalo latest super expensive 24TB NAS! Announced at around 500,000 Yen, this Professional Grade 24TB NAS comes with support of RAID 6 and 8x3TB drives. The TS-8VH24[...]

LG’s new 2TB NAS, the N2C, comes with many little improvement over the previous models. Featuring the actual Design from LG’s NAS Line-up the N2C comes with the support of external ODD (Optical Disc Drive) and let you access your CD/DV[...]

Lately we received 3 NAS units from QNAP for review, these being the TS-119P+, TS-219P+ and the more advanced TS-439 Pro II+ model. In this review we will go more in depth on the TS-439 Pro II+. This model is a class on its own and foc[...]

Buffalo has introduced in Japan another wireless NGB router offering a maximum data speed of 450Mbps! This new router comes as other Buffalo models with the usual VPN direct access a via USB key, as well as being able to function as a [...]